BLM Protestors Mock Shooting Victim

[Dill]

(07-19-2022, 12:03 PM)pally Wrote: And cops being judge, jury, and executioners are exactly WHY you get protests.  It was a 6-hour-long standoff.  What happened at hour 6 that caused the sniper to pull the trigger?  Did something happen or did he just get bored and decide to end things. Minneapolis has a long history of hiding the truth about police actions.  He was shot last Thursday, surely they know why the sniper pulled the trigger by now

There was a verbal confrontation, it got heated, and things get said.  She didn't listen to them, they didn't listen to her.  The f-word got thrown around a lot.  Each side moved on without violence.  

Why was "BLM" blamed for any of this?  Just because black people were involved in the protest doesn't mean that organization is involved.  

Minneapolis owes an explanation of its actions to their citizens.  THAT is what the crowd was demanding.  

I agree with the bolded. People aren't upset because cops sometimes have to shoot people in the line of duty. 
They are upset because there seem to be so many avoidable deaths. 

I think Dino has framed it correctly. We need to wait for more info before deciding anything,

e.g., if the man were killed six hours AFTER he stopped shooting, it is proper and legitimate for citizens to ask why
that was necessary. Because he had been shooting so many hours earlier and had not yet surrendered is not,
on the surface, the kind answer we should accept.

If the guy were still negotiating with the police, and someone got the ok to shoot while the shooter was still talking,
then I would say that was police acting as judge and executioner--even if the shooter had posed serious danger before.
If he were still taking shots at people DURING the negotiation, that could be different.